by Lea Bickerton | Dec 18, 2008 | Case Law Summaries
Commonwealth v. Fithian & Borzelleca J-85A&B-2008 Topic: Compulsory Joinder Summary: The compulsory joinder statute (the 2002 amendments to 18 Pa.C.S.A. Section 110) does not apply where the offenses took place in the same judicial district as a previous...
by Lea Bickerton | Dec 18, 2008 | Case Law Summaries
Commonwealth v. McMullen J-186-2008Topic: Limits on the Right to a Jury Trial – Criminal Contempt Summary: Any statute passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature that interferes with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s procedural rule-making power is...
by Lea Bickerton | Dec 11, 2008 | Case Law Summaries, Miranda Rights, PCRA
Commonwealth v. Boyer 2008 PA Super 279Topic: PCRA-Ineffectiveness-Miranda WarningsSummary: A defendant was Mirandized and refused to talk to a first police officer. A second police officer came in and began asking the defendant questions without giving him his...
by Lea Bickerton | Dec 2, 2008 | Burglary, Case Law Summaries, Drug Crimes
Commonwealth v. Springer 2008 PA Super 275Topic: Burglary Merger- Possession With Intent to DeliverSummary: Under 18 Pa.C.S.A. Section 3502(d), burglary does not merge with the offense intended to be committed inside the structure if the offense is a first or second...
by Lea Bickerton | Nov 29, 2008 | Case Law Summaries, Motor Vehicle Search
Commonwealth v. Chase, J-116-2006Topic: Motor Vehicle Stop-Reasonable Suspicion for StopSummary: Chase argued that the Pennsylvania Legislature acted unconstitutionally by lowering the standard for motor vehicle stops from probable cause to reasonable suspicion. The...
